steam jacket
noun
a casing, as on the cylinder of a steam engine, filled with live steam to keep the interior hot.
steam-jacketed
-
a word derived from
steam jacket.
Example Sentences
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They’re cooked from scratch in a steam-jacketed oyster kettle that is in full view of the dining area.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 31, 2019
Fortunately the kitchen has a pair of 5-foot flattop griddles, a standalone oven the size of a large closet and two 40-gallon steam-jacketed industrial kettles.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2019
In this factory there are fifteen steam-jacketed vats in one row, and six others for candied peel.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
The crude anthracene cake is purified by treatment with the higher pyridine bases, the operation being carried out in large steam-jacketed boilers.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various
The more general method of drying the cotton is in steam-jacketed tubes, i.e., double cylinders of iron, some 5 feet long and 1-1/2 foot wide.
From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by P. Gerald (Percy Gerald) Sanford
